Comments on: Reading Is Dangerous!

By: Judith

Judith — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:35:04 +0000

6th grade. I was reading Gone with the Wind, on my bike, riding to school (did it all the time without incident until then…). But Atlanta was burning, and I rode right into a parked car, fell off my bike, skinned my elbow, tore my uniform, and BROKE THE BOOK! I cried. Then I got back on the bike, rode to school, and taped up the book. And promptly got in trouble for reading outside material in class. Sigh. Reading got me in a lot of trouble in elementary school.

By: Stumbling Over Chaos :: Linkity and a larch walk into a bar…

Stumbling Over Chaos :: Linkity and a larch walk into a bar… — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:03:57 +0000

[...] Have you ever found reading to be dangerous? (Um, not that I can think of…) [...]

By: MaryC

MaryC — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:01:14 +0000

While reading has been the cause of many sleepless nights, it’s never been dangerous for me – but that’s because of my older sister! Our mother would make me go along when said sister Jane went to the library as a safety precaution. Jane would start reading a book on the walk home and not pay attention when crossing streets.

By: marilyn s.

marilyn s. — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:54:59 +0000

When I was 15 I was waiting for the bathtub to fill and I went into my bedroom to get my clothes out and saw the book I was reading, a sunfire historical, Marilee, on the bed. I picked it up intending only to read a couple of paragraphs and ended up reading a chapter and flooding the bathroom and part of the hallway carpet instead. I never did that again!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:32:38 +0000

I had a similar experience to Ash when I was a kid only I was boiling tea. I was sitting in the living room right next to the kitchen waiting for it to boil so I could turn it off. Awhile later my mom came in and all of the water/tea had boiled out of the pot with the tea bags stuck to the bottom. I tuned out the smell and the noise and I was still reading When I saw the story on the news a few years ago about a busdriver caught on video reading while driving, all I wanted to know was what book she was reading! Must have been good.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:09:44 +0000

I walked off the back of a treadmill at the gym while reading. I nearly sprained my ankle, and I DID sprain my dignity pretty badly….

By: BecH

BecH — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:15:26 +0000

Well, I can say, as your kid, I was not scarred by Story #2 I don’t even remember! But, again as your kid, I can say that reading is dangerous. Mostly for me because I always want to squeeze another page or two in, even if I have to go somewhere. I have learned to walk and read but have run into various objects and accidentally stepped off curbs, etc.. The Kindle has helped with the peripheral viewability though!! I think, hands down, the most dangerous part of reading for me is not getting enough sleep! I am constantly saying, oh just one more chapter before lights out! This has led to many, many sleep-deprived days!!

By: Tricia Schneider

Tricia Schneider — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:17:56 +0000

Cooking and reading never work well together! I burn food all the time and its because of books and my inability to put them down! And when I was working, I was always running terribly late. I would wake early, get dressed, and then read for the little bit of time before I had to leave. Yeah, that never worked out. The funny thing is, I worked at a bookstore! The perfect place for my addiction. I’d read on my lunch breaks, too, but I’d eat in the backroom of the store so at least I wasn’t far and my co-workers could chase me back onto the sales floor!

By: ell

ell — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:08:32 +0000

Funny stuff….although a little less funny when I do the same thing. I read at night, before bed, and that usually works for me. Every once in a while though, I will pick up the book equivalent of cocaine, and with every chapter, think “Ok, just one more.” Of course, I end up reading all night -
the next morning is never pretty.

By: PatH AAR

PatH AAR — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:11:51 +0000

Thank you, thank you, all of you who answered! It’s nice to know that in this age of media, media, media, that there are other crazy readers out there. I feel like I’m in great company after reading your responses.